R.I.P Stan Lee

OMG! Stan Lee, the main man behind Marvel comics and the MCU films with his great little cameo moments has passed away, aged 95 though. He will be sadly missed by all fans of his work, including myself.


Stan Lee: Marvel Comics legend dies aged 95

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46186552

Good Night

Tuesday Transformations

Blimey, just realised that I have not posted anything today. I suppose I have been doing other things besides working, although I did not go anywhere to work today. Let me unfold why - I moved a job to another day and instead did a mystery shop over the phone - and I have another such type of job tomorrow morning. I also stayed in and mostly read. We also had somebody come in to have a talk in the community room about fall prevention, which was very interesting.

I then went out at five to get some food items, had a pint and a half of beer at my local pub, and then came back home, ate some of the food, two jacket potatoes with chicken and bacon pasta, and finally fell asleep for a while.

So that is the nub of my day.

I think it the case now that as I am older I simply cannot drink as much beer as I use to, or that it makes me more sleepy these days.

Just Wondering

What is your favourite male name, providing you have a favourite? And the reasons why?

If you discovered a new planet in the universe what name would you give it?

Would you rather have a photographic memory or gain an extra 40 IQ points?

Book 83 - Robert Hutchinson "House Of Treason"

Robert Hutchinson "House Of Treason: The Rise and Fall of the Tudor Dynasty" (Phoenix)




An absorbing account of the highs and lows of the Howard family, probably the most influential aristocratic families in Tudor England. The book provides a fascinating insight into the machinations of the English court in what was the most dangerous period for aristocratic families with a lust for power and wealth in English history, as a succession of aristocrats were executed for treason. The Howard family certainly illustrate this more than most, as for generations they perceived themselves as the power behind the throne and meddled in Royal affairs.

During Elizabeth’s reign, many members of the family became recusants, also a treasonable offence. So it is no surprise that the first, second, third and fourth Dukes of Norfolk were attainted - accused of treason and their lands and titles confiscated - and several members of the family were executed, most notably two of Henry VIII's Queens, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the fourth Duke of Norfolk. Many other members of the family languished in the Tower, often for years.

This was no glorious age. It was cruel and vile, as much as Hitler's Germany or Stalin's Russia. The author pulls no punches about the regime that was Tudor England.
Fascinating read.

Good Night